Thursday, June 10, 2004
Intel Working to Double Battery Life
Posted by Jonathon Watkins in "OFF-TOPIC" @ 05:00 PM
Now this looks promising. The Inquirer have a story up about Zinc Matrix Power signing a collaborative deal with Intel, to work on new battery technology that could allow laptop batteries to run for ten hours. Hopefully PDA batteries etc. will be the next thing they turn their attention to.
"Zinc Matrix Power is developing a rechargeable, polymer-based alkaline battery which it claims has shown in lab tests approximately two times the energy-to-volume of today's standard lithium-based batteries. The polymer based technology uses a water-based electrolyte which, when combined with the plastic case, will minimise the risk of fire."
The press release from Zinc Matrix Power mentions that the company plans to introduce this technology commercially in 2006, so don't cancel your order for that second PPC battery just yet. :? We need *some* sort of decent increase in battery capacity soon, so hopefully this partnership will prove fruitful.
"Zinc Matrix Power is developing a rechargeable, polymer-based alkaline battery which it claims has shown in lab tests approximately two times the energy-to-volume of today's standard lithium-based batteries. The polymer based technology uses a water-based electrolyte which, when combined with the plastic case, will minimise the risk of fire."
The press release from Zinc Matrix Power mentions that the company plans to introduce this technology commercially in 2006, so don't cancel your order for that second PPC battery just yet. :? We need *some* sort of decent increase in battery capacity soon, so hopefully this partnership will prove fruitful.
